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Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on December 24, 1922, in Grabtown, a small rural community in Johnston County, North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Named in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a U.S. congressman and senator and a leading early-republic statesman from North Carolina, Fort Macon was built after the War of 1812 to defend America and North Carolina from foreign invasion.
Published: Saturday, December 1st, 2012 @ 9:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sam J .Ervin, Jr., born in Morganton, Burke County, on September 27, 1896, was educated in public school.
Published: Thursday, November 29th, 2012 @ 9:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the early-1870s, captains were having difficulty navigating along the choppy waters along the North Carolina coast, and cargo was being lost.
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 @ 7:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Vidant Health recently completed its 2012 fiscal year and reported solid quality and financial results while providing care to a record number of patients and adding jobs to the regional economy.
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2012 @ 10:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Born in Washington, North Carolina, on May 16, 1891, Herbert Covington Bonner as the son of Macon and Hannah Bonner. Herbert attended the Graham School in Warrenton from 1906 until 1909.
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2012 @ 3:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dare County, one of North Carolina's coastal counties, has a rich history with national significance.
Published: Saturday, November 24th, 2012 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Moskowitz completed his residency in family medicine at Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Friday, November 23rd, 2012 @ 12:38 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 27th Annual Lights of Love tree lighting ceremony at Vidant Beaufort Hospital will take place on Thursday, November 29th at 6:00 p.m.
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 @ 2:08 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The history of Pinehurst begins with Bostonian James Walker Tufts, who inherited a large fortune as head of several companies, most notably the American Soda Fountain Company.
Published: Sunday, November 18th, 2012 @ 9:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first settlers were French Protestants from Virginia. Among early inhabitants were John Lawson, surveyor general of the colony and author of the first history of Carolina (1709), and Christopher Gale, first chief justice of the colony.
Published: Saturday, November 17th, 2012 @ 9:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The public is invited to attend a free exercise event to benefit the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center Family Assistance Fund.
Published: Thursday, November 15th, 2012 @ 5:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Josephus Daniels was a prominent journalist and newspaper editor from North Carolina. He purchased the Raleigh News and Observer in 1894 and became a leading "New South" political commentator.
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 @ 1:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A graduate of West Point, Daniel Harvey Hill founded the North Carolina Military Institute on the West Point model.
Published: Monday, November 12th, 2012 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A planter, Confederate general, and a University of North Carolina trustee, Bryan Grimes was one of the Tar Heel State's most respected men.
Published: Sunday, November 11th, 2012 @ 3:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Officials with Vidant Health will honor and celebrate veteran and active duty military employees.
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2012 @ 8:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A route that extends 469 miles through the Virginia and North Carolina mountains, the Blue Ridge Parkway has remained what historian William Powell describes as a travel experience "never to be forgotten."
Published: Friday, November 9th, 2012 @ 8:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dr. Annie Ain is now practicing with Vidant Medical Group at Vidant Family Medicine - Pinetops.
Published: Thursday, November 8th, 2012 @ 10:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Marion L. Shepard Cancer Center offers a variety of special programs and activities to help cancer patients, survivors as well as their primary caregivers deal with the emotional and physical challenges associated with having cancer.
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 5:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The men's health fair is presented by Kappa Alpha Psi, Vidant Medical Center and the Greenville alumnae of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 1:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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When a curious woman approached Benjamin Franklin as he was leaving the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787 and asked him what kind of government the delegates had given the people, he replied: "...A Republic, Ma'am, if you can keep it."
Published: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 @ 10:05 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Robotic equipment at the Rehabilitation Center at Vidant Medical Center is giving pediatric and adult patients with neurological conditions the opportunity to gain strength and endurance and possible even a chance to walk again.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2012 @ 1:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While in North Carolina the Republican Party seems poised for a highly successful election cycle this year, the federal races for president and Congress present no clear partisan trend.
Published: Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 @ 7:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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October 29 is World Stroke Day and Vidant Medical Center is teaming up with the World Stroke Campaign to educate and raise awareness about the dangers of the disease.
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 @ 12:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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"I love it when a plan comes together."
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 1:38 pm
By: Fern Shubert
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History teaches us that the Ku Klux Klan was a violent organization aimed at terrorizing and intimidating former slaves. They operated as a secret society - a bunch of cowards with white gowns and masks, often carrying guns and a noose.
Published: Sunday, October 28th, 2012 @ 1:01 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The physical abandonment of the Dorothea Dix campus in Raleigh is a final exclamation point on the state's moral abandonment of the mentally ill, essentially returning us to mid-19th century conditions when the mentally ill were confined to jails, locked in attics or hidden from sight in poorhouses.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2012 @ 8:14 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Dr. Avanti Mehta is now practicing with Vidant Medical Group at Vidant Multispecialty Clinic - Tarboro.
Published: Saturday, October 27th, 2012 @ 1:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Walk from Obesity is a fundraising walk that supports research, education, prevention and treatment of the life-threatening disease of obesity.
Published: Friday, October 26th, 2012 @ 8:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In 1735, Maurice Moore was born in what became known as Brunswick County. His father had earned great wealth in South Carolina as a planter along the Lower Cape Fear region and later moved to the modern-day Brunswick County area.
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 @ 1:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sarah Woodson watched the arrow as it plunged into her husband's chest. She watched as John Woodson fell from his horse, surrounded by Indians with tomahawks raised high.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2012 @ 11:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Runners and walkers of all ages can lace up their sneakers Sunday, Oct. 21, for the fourth annual Pink Ribbon Road Race to benefit breast cancer services at the Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center.
Published: Monday, October 15th, 2012 @ 5:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Howard (Tre') Stallings III has recently joined the medical staff of Vidant Cardiology - Greenville as a physician assistant.
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 6:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Allen Stanford married the love of his life, Karen, on Sept. 9, 2012. Stanford is 78 years old and has been in and out of hospitals since the early 1990s with heart disease, including heart failure.
Published: Friday, October 12th, 2012 @ 9:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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